Book Information: Operative, the

In Germany on assignment, American national security agent Jordan Kettering is informed by an aging colleague that the Soviets, aided by a mole in the National Security Agency, are threatening the life of the nation with a military threat hidden in the heartlands of America. As the plot unfolds, Kettering is caught in the maelstrom tragically triggered by a botched assassination attempt and desperately seeks to unravel the Soviet plot-while confronting inner demons of guilt and self-doubt. The tightening net of covert activities, plots, and counterplots, drives Kettering to a troubled South American country, where instead of freeing himself from the nightmare of murder and political machinations, he is quickly enmeshed in CIA and Interpol actions that hold the key to his own personal tragedy. Enter Cyda LeMonde, the woman he once loved and the Interpol agent who knows the shattering secrets of Jordan's past. As events tumble headlong toward an explosive conclusion, THE OPERATIVE pits a man searching for the answer to a life-or-death riddle, a man searching for his own soul, against overwhelming odds in a deadly game of international conspiracy.